Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Endrin

Glencoe Water Works Board

Endrin is a banned organochlorine insecticide that is persistent and bioaccumulative. Endrin damages the nervous, immune and reproductive systems in people. It also harms fish, birds and other wildlife.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND60ND
2020ND10ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND60ND
2023ND10ND

ppb = parts per billion

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.3 ppb

The EWG Health Guideline of 0.3 ppb for endrin was defined by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a public health goal, the level of a drinking water contaminant that does not pose a significant health risk. This health guideline protects against change to the heart and blood vessels.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 2 ppb

The legal limit for endrin, established in 1992, was based on a toxicity study in laboratory animals conducted in the 1960s.

ppb = parts per billion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-05-071805-00129-1ND
2019-06-121906-00227-001ND
2019-06-121906-00227-002ND
2019-06-121906-00227-003ND
2019-12-041912-00084-001ND
2019-12-041912-00084-002ND
2019-12-041912-00084-003ND
2020-06-102006-0219-1ND
2021-06-092106-00179-001ND
2022-06-272206-00486-001ND
2022-06-272206-00486-002ND
2022-06-272206-00486-003ND
2022-12-122212-00262-001ND
2022-12-132212-00262-002ND
2022-12-132212-00262-003ND
2023-04-062304-00126-001ND